Dear Marshall,
I think in this moment of grief it is important to support our Mumbai
police force in an BIPARTISAN manner, which doesn't seem to be the
case, looking at the links you have posted which is extremely cheap on
your part.
Sorry if this hurts but I am calling a spade a spade. The reason you
seem to be singling out Hemant Karkare for a tribute, for his actions
in the Malegaon case. Fair enough, but all the articles that you
reference to seem to ignore the fact that he was equally stern dealing
with Muslim fanatics and also played a important role in the fight
against Naxalites during his stint in Nagpur. Inspite of their
differences, even someone like Raj Thackeray did go today to Karkare's
residence to pay his last respects. In death one has to (ideally)
forget one’s differences and grudges.
Mumbai Police lost 14 men, including reputed officers like Vijay
Salaskar, whose funeral was attended by many people from all walks of
life. We have also lost a good officer in ACP for east region, Ashok
Kamte.
Here is a more comprehensive list for you.
NSG Commando Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan
NSG Commando Havaldar Gajendra Singh
ATS Chief Hemant Karkare
ACP Ashok Kamte
Vijay Salaskar (Salaskar had the history of gunning down 75 notorious
criminals in 'encounters' He killed his 76th criminal on the night of
his death.)
Inspector Shashank Shinde
Sub Inspector Prakash More
Inspector Arun R Chitaley
Constable Vijay Khandekar
ASI V Abale
Bhau Saheb Durgure
Nanasahab Bhonsle
Constable Jaywant Patil
Constable Shegosh Patil
Ambadas Ramchandra Pawar
SC Chaudhary
If you have to pay a 'tribute' please do so for all these martyrs who
laid down their lives for the country in this moment of crisis rather
than selectively choosing what was convenient for you.
Also I wonder where are all those "activists" like Teesta Setalvad /
Shabana Azmi who used to go around filing PIL's every time a terrorist
or a gangster would be killed in an encounter.
Who is going to file PIL for bereaved family members of these policemen?
BTW, how come no links are being posted on the muslim terror being
exported to India by Pakistan? I guess that would make one a RSS / VHP
stooge automatically!!
Without any malice to you personally, I was extremely disappointed to
read this post on Goanet.
I would say bring back that 'encounter' system, and not just
encounters of gangsters but even terrorist hiding in other countries.
One thing you have to give credit to Bush, after 9/11 there has not
been any attack on American soil after that.
When will our politicians show courage like the Israelis when they
implemented the ‘Operation of Wrath’ after the Munich Massacre ?
regards
Rishi
(request to mods – please delete the same post I made on the same
topic and consider this as final version. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
